Syphilis, by Charles C. Dennie of Kansas City, Mo., was the first of the Harper's Medical Monographs. This is the second. Others now in preparation are Tuberculosis, by Allen K. Krause of Baltimore; Tumors of the Breast, by William K. White of New York; Care of Traumatic and Industrial Conditions, by Clay Ray Murray of New York; Asthma and Hay-Fever, by Robert A. Cook of New York; Diabetes Mellitus, by W. D. Sansum of Santa Barbara, Calif., and the Psychoneuroses, by Husten F. Riggs of Stockbridge, Mass., and Columbia University. They have stiff covers, are about 5 by 7 inches, pocket size, and should interest not only physicians who commute but also those who select a few compact medical books for longer journeys. The type is attractive, comfortable reading and only one of a number of the familiar signs of excellent workmanship of this famous publishing company. The author of